02485nam 2200625 450 991078455570332120230421043958.00-19-772999-11-280-45113-097866104511350-19-534464-21-60256-632-1(CKB)1000000000363294(EBL)271045(OCoLC)171572808(SSID)ssj0000108726(PQKBManifestationID)11129033(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108726(PQKBWorkID)10036943(PQKB)11617886(Au-PeEL)EBL4702197(CaPaEBR)ebr11273456(OCoLC)969638226(MiAaPQ)EBC4702197(EXLCZ)99100000000036329420161012h19951995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks singularities and acausalities in relativistic spacetimes /John EarmanNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1995.©19951 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-509591-X Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introducing Spacetime Singularities and Acausalities -- 2. Defining, Characterizing, and Proving the Existence of Spacetime Singularities -- 3. Cosmic Censorship -- 4. Supertasks -- 5. The Big Bang and the Horizon Problem -- 6. Time Travel -- 7. Eternal Recurrence, Cyclic Time, and All That -- 8. Afterword.Explains the technical issues of general relativity theory and discusses how these issues bear upon philosophical problems about the nature of space and time, causality, and laws of nature. This book provides an overview of the technical literature as well as analytical commentary on its philosophical significance.Space and timeGeneral relativity (Physics)Singularities (Mathematics)Space and time.General relativity (Physics)Singularities (Mathematics)530.1/1Earman John52075MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784555703321Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks472674UNINA